Plaque outside Canongate Kirk Church Edinburgh Royal Mile, Scotland, UK with inscription
The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and Mike Tindall, took place at the church on 30 July 2011 The inscription reads - "in 1688 king james VII ordained that the mortification of Thos. Moodie granted in 1649 to build a church should be applied to the erection of this structure"
Size: 4188px × 3635px
Location: 153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK EH8 8BN
Photo credit: © Tony Smith / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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